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cFares Picked By Travel & Leisure as "Best Online Deal for Airfares".


Annual Hotel Issue Spotlights T+L's Favorite Websites for Best Online Deals

REDWOOD redwood: see sequoia; brazilwood.
redwood
 or sequoia

Coniferous evergreen timber tree (Sequoia sempervirens) of the family Taxodiaceae, found in the fog belt of west-coastal North America.
 SHORES, Calif. -- cFares, the first online travel site to offer travelers real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example.  access to discounted consolidator airfares and one-of-a-kind deals direct from airlines, announced that Travel & Leisure recently picked it as "best for airfares" category in its annual issue on hotels, also featuring best online deals.

cFares is a new entrant en·trant  
n.
One that enters, especially one that enters a competition.



[French, from present participle of entrer, to enter, from Old French; see enter.
 in online travel sites that is raising the bar in the industry by providing the deepest savings on airfares for travelers. cFares works like a Costco warehouse membership; people pay an annual fee but the savings more than pays for the membership cost after just one or two trips.

cFares offers both Gold and Platinum membership. Gold memberships are free and give consumers access to some of the lowest domestic and international airfares, but a Platinum membership gives members some additional unique perks perk 1  
v. perked, perk·ing, perks

v.intr.
1. To stick up or jut out: dogs' ears that perk.

2. To carry oneself in a lively and jaunty manner.
. For starters, a search for domestic or international airfares on cFares will in almost all cases yield a traveler the lowest airfares available anywhere online. The site will also present a range of the lowest fares available from other online travel sites, providing the traveler with a direct link to competing sites, if they should choose to purchase an alternative airfare air·fare  
n.
Fare for travel by aircraft.

Noun 1. airfare - the fare charged for traveling by airplane
fare, transportation - the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance
.

"We were very pleased that Travel & Leisure chose cFares as a favorite website for best airfares," stated cFares' Vajid Jafri, founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "Travel & Leisure is viewed as a preeminent pre·em·i·nent or pre-em·i·nent  
adj.
Superior to or notable above all others; outstanding. See Synonyms at dominant, noted.



[Middle English, from Latin prae
 source where travelers can go to learn about all things travel. We are glad to see an increasing level of industry recognition around the exceptional offers cFares is providing to travelers."

Published by American Express American Express (NYSE: AXP), sometimes known as "AmEx" or "Amex", is a diversified global financial services company, headquartered in New York City. The company is best known for its credit card, charge card and traveler's cheque businesses.  Publishing Corporation, Travel & Leisure is a highly-regarded magazine, covering the newest and the best in travel, including a broad range of relevant subjects such as food, shopping, business travel and technology.

About cFares, Inc.

cFares is the first travel service offering exclusive worldwide discounted fares to its members. The company's relationships with the world's top airlines and ticket consolidators allows cFares to search for and deliver fares not typically available on other online travel sites. As a result, cFares consistently delivers better fares and frequently saves travelers hundreds of dollars. The company's proprietary persistent search and dynamic pricing technologies enable cFares to offer benefits for both travelers and airlines. For more information about cFares, visit www.cfares.com.
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